Glare preventer



March l, 1932. v H, STEIN 1,848,090

GLARE PREVENTER Filed March l, 1950 INVENTOR Harry 5 tain BY ,4% ATTORNEY upon said frame.

'Patented Mar. 1, 1932 f HARRY s'rEiN, or PHILADEnrHI-A,

PENNSYLVANIA t Application led March 1,

This inventionrelates to glare preventers for vehicles and has for an object to provide a plate of any sub-transparent glare reducing material with improved meansY for mounting the'same relative to the vehicle structure.

A further object o1E the invention is to provide vbrackets mounted rigidly upon the vehicle structure with a frame carried by the brackets and oscillatable relative thereto `from operative to inoperative position with a glare reducing platefslidablyj mountedvk 'A further ob] ect of the invention is to provide a frame withproper mountings there-[- for,

a sub-transparent lglare l reducingV plate mounted to slide relative to the frame, and,V

means for frietionally holding the' plate for Y parts of the bracket manual action.

' With these and other objects in View, the invention comprises certain novel parts, elements, units, constructions, movements and .functions as drawings, together with mechanical and :functional equivalents thereof', as will be v p 'struction' of the frame 10 Vis a plate of subhereinafter more fully described and claimed. y

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a view. of the improved glare preventer shown in full lines `in end Velevation, in dotted lines in lowered position, and in broken lines in inoperative position,

Figure 2 is a view of the device in front elevation,

Figure 3 is a longitudinal ytransverse sectional view taken on line 33 of Figure 2,

Figure l is an enlarged detailed view with broken away,

Figure 5 is an enlarged detailed view of the means for holding the slidingplate relative to the trame, and v Figure 6 is an enlarged detailed sectional view taken on line 6-6 of Figure 2.

Like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views. Y. Y

The improved glare preventer which.

forms the subject matter or this application.

comprises a frame 10 constructed of channel material or the like, as shown more particularly at Figure 6. This frame 10 is provided mechanical disclosed inthe ieee; serial No.rliaasi; i

intermediate its upper and lower yedges `with. pintle's '.11 journaled in brackets 12`,which said'` brackets are; secured to any. convenient or appropriate part of a vehicle structure, as ,i

the roof of-thefbody, convenfor instance,

tionally shown atl. u.

(The brackets 12""are provided each ywithav socket1bin`whicha spring 15 is mounted s urr'ouiiding' the pintles 11- with aca-p nut 16 f., (in threaded connection with the pintles.

This cap nut,16 "isprovided upon one side ,with a rosette construC'On @acting with: a'

complernentaryV rosettev V,ccmstruction upon the `braclfiet 512 so'tha'tfasffthe frame A10"is ,oscil- .flated, carrying therewiththe pintle111," the `nut 16 will yieldi-by reason of. the fspring Vac-v 19'4 and "20, Y

Slidably transparent 'glare' reducing material 21'. This material-maybe, as conventionally indicated, off glass of such consistency or coloring ast'ofreducel the g1are,or"it may lany of the usual'perforated or grilled' struc'- tures in'common use, and the invention is in no' way flimited to the particular material of theplate, 'orthe manner of fabricating, vso

that visibility is provided byless -than-"com- 85 'plete' transparency and cfa nature to reduce glare. e f The plate r2O, i--fof glass or any similarr material, is lprovided with a. Vcontaining frame 22 preferably,

continuing entirely around provided with any convenient means for manual engagement, as the handle 23.

' The frame 18 is so proportioned and conftion and the 'rosette constructionwill hold Y the frame at vany'f,manuallysecured position, f `wfear' plates '17 being provided between the ,.g.

`bracket12 and the frame 10. f 5" 'The frame -10'l isalso provided with a cutout part 18 upon each end forming shoulders mounted'within'the channel con- ,Y Y

be of i though not necessarily. said plate 21* and toured' as to slide easily within the frame 10 Y Aand lugs 24 are carried by the frame22 so .positioned as to engage at lits upper limit of movement, as shown at 20,' and at its downward movement, vas shown at19, so that vthe plate21 may berraised and loweredmanually.

To provide for holding the plate 21 and its frame 22 at such manual adjustment, the end margin at one or b oth ends of the frame 22 are provided with indentations 25 with a stop 26 here shown as of the ball type, spring pressed, but the spring 27 normally holds the plate and frame against accidental movement, while yielding to manual stress.

The spring and ball are preferably contained in an offset 28 and in the drawings this offset, shown at both ends of the drawings, indicates the use of the stop at both ends of the plate, it being understood, however, that this will not limit the invention and that either or both ends may be employed, as found necessary.

When out of operation the plate occupies a position shown in broken lines in Figure 1, that is to say, swung' up into proximity to the top of the vehicle, and is held in such position by the spring pressed rosetter When the device is to be used, it is simply manually oscillated upon the pintles 12 to vertical or substantially vertical position,

and the plate of glare` reducing material is t adjusted to the proper height required by the driver by simply sliding the plate up or down in the channeled frame 10. l YThe invention is hereby claimed as folows:

1. VA glare preventer comprising a frame of channel material open at one side, a second frame of channel material enclosing a subtransparent sheet, said second frame mounted to slide wholly within and partly without the'irst frame, said rst frame havinga cut out in one margin forming limiting stops, and a lug carried by the second frame cooperatively engaging said stops.

2. A glare preventer comprising ra frame of channel material open at one side, means pivoting said :trame to swing, a second frame of channel material enclosing a ,subtransparent sheet, said second frame mounted to slide wholly within and partly without the Erst frame, said rst frame having a cut out in one margin forming limiting stops, and a lug carried by the second fra-me cooperatively engaging said stops.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

HARRY STEIN. 

